Novels like Back to 1988: Restarting My Life
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- 1 Reborn, the Bewitching Campus Beauty Pursues Me 重生后，魔女校花倒追我 [Rebirth + business rivalry + campus beauty + multiple heroines] In 2024, Wang Hai was featured on the cover of the globally renowned Fortune magazine. Profile: At nineteen, he made his fortune from scratch, earning twenty million with a browser game. That same year, he launched a second game and became a billionaire, making him the youngest billionaire in 2002. At twenty, he founded a tutoring website for students at China’s top universities. It swept the country, and college students natio 103Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 2 Reborn in 1987, I Set Up a Street Stall and Become the World's Richest 重生1987，摆地摊成世界首富 Chen Yong transmigrates and is reborn, rising from a good-for-nothing to a trailblazer of his age! When the pathetic Chen Yong catches his wife betraying him, he leaps from a high-rise in despair, only for a soul from another world to arrive by chance: another Chen Yong, with the same name but great ambitions! Reborn in 1987, a golden age full of opportunity and challenge, he vows to rewrite his fate and leave the humiliations of the past behind. Divorce is the first spark of his new life. It se 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Reborn in 2009: First, I’ll Make Half a Billion 重生2009，先挣它五个亿 Xu Xin, from 2023, accidentally transmigrates into Wu Feng’s body in 2009. Apart from fourteen extra years of memories, he has nothing else. With no other choice, he has to earn his first pot of gold. After much deliberation, he comes up with a workable plan: sell Tencent the idea behind WeChat, which Tencent would develop in the future. Isn’t that making money out of thin air? And just like that, he swindles his first pot of gold from Tencent: five hundred million yuan… Start a business? No 4Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 4 Reborn: Against the Tide of the Times, I Build a Trillion-Yuan Empire 重生：逆流时代，我打造千亿帝国 [Rebirth + business wars + period setting + satisfying power fantasy + officialdom + schemes + decisive and ruthless] Reborn in the best of times, Lin Hao gets a second chance at life in the 1990s. In his previous life, his family was destroyed and he wasted his whole life chasing an empty dream. This time, the road to success lies right before him. Starting with a livestock farm, he will rise to the pinnacle of power and build a trillion-yuan dynasty! Fast-paced and all about making money, wi 180Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 5 Reborn in 2002: I Strike It Rich and Buy a Stake in Penguin 重生02：暴富后举牌企鹅 “The domain name and trademark have already been registered?” “Which company registered them?” “Future Investments?” Old Ma was surprised to hear that someone had registered the name he had racked his brains to come up with. When he learned it was Future Investments, he smiled. Great minds really did think alike. “What? Someone has taken a stake in the company?” Tencent had only recently gone public, and Ma Huateng was riding high. The news left him stunned. “Was it Future Investments?” “Oh, th 1.7kReads—Score125Shelves
- 6 From 1988 to the World's Mightiest Tycoon 从1988到世界最强财阀 He wakes up one day and finds himself back in 1988. Zhang Chenxing: “This is the best era of all. Since that's the case, it's time to get things going!” Go to the big brother's place and bring back some treasures? Use his foresight to get ahead of the latest trends and build a world-class luxury brand? Bring certain technologies to market early and become a tech mogul? Get in on the internet early and become the power behind the scenes? Commercial real estate? The stock market? And more… Zhang C 10Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 7 Hahaha! Seven of Me, I Have Seven of Me! 哈哈哈！7个我，我有7个我！ [Redo + Comeback + No System + Satisfying Read] Lin Mo was killed in his previous life by his wife and a mysterious stranger, then reborn in 2007. Seven versions of me from different timelines join forces to solve cases and build a fortune. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Rebuilding 1997: Launching a Financial Empire 重塑1997：开启金融帝国 Su Langtao, a genius from the 21st century, is reborn and transmigrates to 1997, an era when gold seems to lie everywhere. Through his own efforts, he goes from working at a factory to building a business empire of his own. 1.6kReads—Score126Shelves
- 9 Reborn in 2014: Starting from Jinqiao 重生2014：从金桥开始 September 1, 2014, Jinling. The first day of senior high. Lin Zheng opened his eyes on the hard bed in his rented room and returned to that year. His father was still driving a taxi, with four months to go before the lung cancer diagnosis. His mother was still working three shifts at the textile mill, and the old family home on San Tiao Alley hadn't caught anyone's eye yet. Bitcoin cost two thousand yuan, the bull market was still crouched at the foot of the mountain, public accounts were just 4Reads—Score105Shelves
- 10 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, I Set Up a Stall and Earned Ten Thousand 重生1980：开局摆摊赚一万 Qin Feng, a billionaire worth tens of billions, was reborn in 1980. In his previous life, he was addicted to gambling and committed every kind of evil. Only after his wife could no longer take it and jumped into a river with their infant child did his family cast him out and he finally come to his senses. Unfortunately, it was already too late. Now that he's back, see how he turns the tables! Make money? I'm not obsessed with money. I've come back to do something big! Boss, how much for thes —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Reborn Mercenary: From Business Comeback to Covert Agent 重生雇佣兵商业逆袭成编外特工 [Reborn] [Stocks] [Business Models] [Hedge Funds] [Taking Down Bullies] [One Female Lead] How lucky! He is reborn in 2006, just after the college entrance exam results come out! Since he has another chance to start over, he refuses to waste the rest of his life again! He chooses a different university and major, takes down bullies and keeps out of trouble on campus, then uses the Hong Kong trading skills he built up in his previous life and what little he can remember to begin his comeback! He c 64Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 12 Reborn: Starting With a 5 Million Cash-Out 重生从提现500万开始 Back in 2008, Chen Feng was still regretting how little he had studied in his previous life. Then, the next moment, a “ding” sounded in his mind, making him feel like he could take on the world again. Maybe it was because he’d spent too long cooped up at home in his previous life. With the System backing him up this time around, Chen Feng starts letting loose... 518Reads7.4Score100Shelves
- 13 Making a Fortune from the Start: My Relatives Envy Me, and the Campus Beauty Goes Crazy 开局发财，亲戚眼馋了，校花癫了 [Reborn + period setting + multiple heroines + first love + unforgettable beauty + making money + feel-good story] Qin Fan, a lifelong bachelor in his thirties from the capital, was reborn in 2002. At the time, he was a junior at Beijing Jiaotong University. The girl he had always loved was his classmate Tian Ya, the daughter of a university administrator... From the start, his family was drowning in loan-shark debt and preparing to sell their courtyard house in Chaoyang, Beijing. Drawing on his 38Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 14 Reborn, I Bind the Perfect Life System 重生归来，绑定完美人生系统 By chance, Qin Tian returned to the eve of the 2009 college entrance examination and became bound to the Perfect Life System. His previous life was plain and ordinary. This time, he swore to make up for every regret: wealth, career, love, and beautiful women would all be within his grasp! With extraordinary abilities granted by the System, including a photographic memory, miraculous medical skills, and golden eyes, he dominated the campus and the business world, won the heart of the campus bel 678Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 15 Back to the Year 2000 重返2000年 He went from billionaire to having absolutely nothing, weathered great highs and lows, and then fate gave him another chance at life. On a train in the year 2000, Li Xin gazes at the stunning beauty opposite him, lost in thought… Should he become the richest man in the world, or enjoy a carefree life and indulge himself among beautiful women? Well, a grown man doesn’t have to choose! 465Reads8.1Score100Shelves
- 16 Reborn in 1990: I'm a Worker at the Broken Ore Mine 重生90，我是碎矿全民工 A novel by Old Ning is bound to be a masterpiece. (This isn't some brainless story about a nouveau riche. It's a grounded tale of life in a bygone era. Take your time and savor this different story from days gone by, and relive the vibrancy of that age.) Zhang Tiejun, a small-time millionaire with a comfortable, trouble-free life, wakes up one morning forty years in the past, just as he is about to graduate and receive his job assignment. Full of questions, he begins an entirely new life. Who do 642Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 17 Back to 1982: Building a Fortune Through Hunting 重回1982：狩猎兴家 Modern-day Zhao Weiguo is unexpectedly reborn as his eighteen-year-old self in 1982, in Kaoshan Village at the foot of Changbai Mountain in Northeast China. Armed with memories of his past life and a vague sense of what the future holds, he is determined to change the fate of his impoverished family and save his loved ones from dying young. From the start, he uses the scraps of hunting knowledge he remembers to save his father from a life-threatening injury and acquire a promising puppy named Bl 31Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 18 The Trader's Path: Scams, Seduction, and Fortune! 交易员之路：碰瓷！把妹！发家！ Making money, a sharp-witted protagonist, satisfying wish fulfillment that makes sense, multiple heroines, financial markets, decisive ruthlessness, and comedy. New book: Transmigrating into Finance, the Futures God Knows Nothing About the Unwritten Rules! In 2030, a brilliant trader with a mental illness transmigrates to 2003 and takes the financial markets by storm. Futures, stocks, gold, crude oil, foreign exchange, options, cornering the market, battles for equity, stake disclosures, minorit 1.9kReads7.3Score136Shelves
- 19 Reborn in 1993, Heading for Back to Field 重生93，奔赴向往的生活 Sun Yuanhang woke up one morning and found himself back in 1993. The gears of fate began to turn. In his previous life, he walked through darkness. His father was driven to his death, his older brother was beaten into disability, and his mother spent every day in tears. In this life, he swore to change it all. Since justice would arrive late, he would break through with his own hands. He would avenge his enemies and make up for his regrets... He would set out for the life he had always longed fo —Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 20 The Scoundrel Reborn in 1985: Turning Over a New Leaf to Become the Richest Man 渣男重生回85，洗心革面当首富 [Reborn in a Bygone Era + Regretful Scumbag Husband + Pocket-Space Farm + Hands-On Dad + Devoted Husband + Building a Fortune + Cozy Daily Life] In his previous life, Lin Jiang was blinded by greed. He became a pathetic simp for a city girl and forced his wife to divorce him. In despair, she jumped into the river with their baby daughter in her arms... He drank and gambled away his days. He even stole the pigs and chickens his younger siblings worked from dawn till dusk to raise, sold them for 273Reads7.0Score101Shelves
- 21 Reborn in 1978: From the Start, a Tough Farmhand Calls Off the Wedding and Splits the Family 重生1978：开局糙汉退婚分家 [Period setting + Reborn + Family drama + Forest farm + Everyday life + Building wealth] Reborn in 1978, Qi Feng had spent his previous life as a tireless workhorse, only to be drained to death by his awful relatives. This time, he refuses to swallow even a single grievance! His fiancée, whom he hasn’t married yet, looks down on his poverty and wants to elope with someone else? Fine, don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Pay back every last cent of my hard-earned money, with interest! His v 9kReads8.0Score558Shelves
- 22 Lin Hua’s First Book 林华的华的第1本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The World’s Richest Man: A Never-Ending Flow of Wealth 世界首富之财源滚滚 In her previous life, the crushing burdens of everyday life broke Zhao Ming. By a twist of fate, he returned to 1995. Caught in the tide of the times, Zhao Ming had hoped to keep a low profile, but his abilities wouldn't let him. He could only forge his own path to the top! 421Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 24 Back to 1978: My Leisurely Country Life 重回78：我的悠闲乡村生活 [Devoted to his wife and children + no face-slapping + no aggression + everyday family life + cheerful daily moments] He takes over the mountains and forests, raises livestock, and starts a farm. When he has nothing to do, he heads into the mountains to play with golden snub-nosed monkeys and giant pandas, and even give the “Southwest silver-shaded” snow leopards a good petting! Given a second chance at life, he’s determined to make a fortune, eat well, and never let his wife and daughter suffer 928Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 25 Reborn in a Mountain Village: From Selling Local Goods to Becoming the Richest Man 重生山村，从卖山货开始成为首富 In his previous life, Chen An had lost his wits, believed rumors, and misunderstood his wife, ruining his family and spending the rest of his life in regret! Now Chen An has returned to the turning point of his fate. He’ll make up for the mistakes of his previous life and lead his family to prosperity! 59Reads5.2Score100Shelves
- 26 Reborn in 1980: Hunting and Building a Life in the Changbai Mountains 重生1980我在长白山狩猎兴家 In his previous life, Qin Feng was a celebrated special-forces king and corporate chairman, yet he was lonely inside and carried deep regrets. After an accident, he is reborn in the winter of 1980, in a poor mountain village called Kaoshan Tun on the banks of the Tumen River, deep in the Changbai Mountains of Northeast China. He has become an eighteen-year-old youth. Drawing on his former combat skills, management acumen, and the steely resolve born of his desire to make amends for past regrets, 678Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 27 You Want Me to Take the Fall? Take This Slap Instead 要我顶罪，反手一个大逼斗 [No System + Streetwise Troublemaker + Ruthless Tough Guy + One Female Lead...] Wang Xun, an ordinary young man, returns to the year 2000. He is just seventeen and a half, has dropped out of school, and has been poisoned by gangster movies. Full of youthful passion, he sets out to make a name for himself in the underworld. He puts brotherhood first, would take a knife for his good friends, and isn’t afraid to fight! After being persuaded by his biased grandfather and others, he is about to take 402Reads7.3Score104Shelves
- 28 Campus Belle, Stop Fawning Over Me. I’m Really Not a Stock God 校花请别舔，我真不是股神 [Delusion-Inducing Style]+ [Fresh New Premise]+ [Fake Rebirth] The protagonist says, “Buy me a pack of Qingfeng tissues,” and Qingfeng Paper hits its daily limit-up that very day; The protagonist says, “Go take a look at the Diamond Sutra,” and Jin Gang shares start soaring that very day; The protagonist says, “Let there be light...” and so... 1.3kReads8.1Score109Shelves
- 29 Reborn at 14: A Fintech Tycoon 重生14，金融科技神豪 After Wang Gan broke his leg while delivering food, he was reborn in 2014, back in his college days. He made his first fortune starting with the World Cup, then invested in finance and technology, becoming a top tycoon. He spends money like water: a real-world god of wealth. 16.3kReads6.2Score1.1kShelves
- 30 Rebooting 1978 重启1978 A middle-aged man who had amounted to nothing woke from a dream to find himself back in the tumultuous year of 1978. He discovered that many regrets could be put right, that many people he cared about were trapped in dark and desperate circumstances, and that opportunities he had never noticed before were emerging all around him. He had plenty of time to make up for past mistakes, seize those opportunities, and guide his lost and helpless family. But a reborn man with forty years of experience w 94Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 31 Reborn in 1999: I Am Liu Xianyang, the Flying Man 重生1999我是飞人刘显扬 “Either stay with the team and coach, or pay your way out!” Liu Xianyang, the Flying Man, is reborn in 1999 at this crossroads in his life. In his previous life, he was riddled with injuries, then discarded once he was no longer useful after retiring. Back at the end of the century, he will no longer let others dictate his fate. On the track, he is the Asian Flying Man who dominates the field and breaks records in the 110-meter hurdles; In the tides of the era, he seizes every opportunity to m 7.2kReads6.0Score802Shelves
- 32 Reborn: Back to 2008 as a Tycoon 重生：回到2008当富豪 Wei Lan is reborn in 2008. The youth that had faded away, the love that had withered, the struggles of youth: everything gets a second chance. He sleeps with beauties in his arms and wakes with the world's wealth at his fingertips. He builds great national enterprises and shorts Wall Street. 10Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 33 Reborn: The Business Empire of the Old Yuan Family 重生之老袁家的商业帝国 Reborn, he discovers that his father actually came back several years earlier. His father has laid a decent foundation. With no System and no golden finger, if he wants to lie flat, he’ll first need to build up the family’s assets. He’ll farm diligently and earn money honestly. Due to review requirements, Chapter 2 appears after Chapter 42. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause while reading. 727Reads6.9Score102Shelves
- 34 Reborn in 1985: A House Full of Warmth 重生1985：温馨满屋 [A Scumbag's Atonement + Pampering His Wife and Kids + Building Wealth + A Couple Starting a Business] After graduating from vocational college, Dong Jiajun is framed and loses his chance at a secure government job. Everyone assumes he'll lose heart and waste his life. But to everyone's amazement, he manages to persuade the campus belle to move back to his village, reclaim wasteland, farm it, and give birth to his boy-and-girl twins... Then one day, the news comes on TV: Dong Jiajun is holding 1.2kReads8.8Score100Shelves
- 35 What! The Model Educated Youth Is Marrying a Landlord's Son? 什么！知青标杆要嫁给地主崽了？ [Devoted to each other + reborn in the 1970s + solving crimes + earning commendations + finding salvation in each other] He Yulan died in the old house that held her warmest memories. When her consciousness returned and she opened her eyes again, she discovered that she had been reborn. She had returned to the scorching summer of 1974, before she went to the countryside at seventeen. After waking, she unexpectedly bonded with a Justice System and began earning commendations one after another.. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Reborn as an Abandoned Heir of a Hong Kong City Tycoon, Just in Time for the Great Miracle Day 重生港城豪门弃子，喜迎大奇迹日 Song Tianyao is reborn in 2007, the day before the Hong Kong stock market’s legendary Miracle Day! In his previous life, he was the discarded son of a wealthy family. On that day, he lost his entire fortune and completely severed ties with his biological father, the chairman of the group. His girlfriend of three years decisively broke up with him and threw herself into the arms of a major client. Given another chance at life, he swears to reclaim everything that belongs to him on Miracle Day! A 7kReads7.4Score462Shelves
- 37 Wild Prosperity 野盛风云 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 I’m a Respectable Guy, So Why Give Me a Succubus System? 我一正经人，给我欲魔系统干嘛？ In his previous life, Zhang Yan caught his girlfriend cheating and accidentally killed her lover in the confrontation. But his girlfriend gave false testimony, turning a case of accidental killing into intentional murder, and he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The dead man's parents also paid inmates to attack him, provoking constant fights and lengthening his sentence. He ended up behind bars for a full 31 years. Zhang Yan is reborn on the day he caught them cheating. He also gains a Syste 10.6kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
- 39 Comeback in 1990 逆袭1990 Chen Dong wakes up to find himself reborn in 1990, a year when gold seems to lie everywhere. Haunted by regrets from his past life, he starts out selling tea eggs... The financial crisis, the oil crisis, the food crisis... Through one black swan event after another, Chen Dong turns the tables and surges ahead. He uses the very weapon his enemies know best, capital, to show everyone: The dragon of the East has awakened! 2.1kReads8.2Score147Shelves
- 40 The Genius Stock God Returns to the Fray 天才股神再战江湖 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.8kReads8.8Score494Shelves
- 41 Reborn in 2005: Conquering the Business World Without Regrets 重生2005：纵横商界无悔人生 At thirty, Mu Yan is the youngest sales general manager at a tech giant. On the night he closes a fifty-million-yuan deal, a car accident sends him back to 2005, to that summer when he was fifteen. From the cutthroat world of business banquets to a high school classroom piled with exam papers, he discovers that he has not only brought back fifteen years of future memories, but also a deep sense of guilt toward his family and the life he has lived. In this life, he has the foresight of someone wh 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Back to 1975: I Married a Beautiful Widow from the Start 重回1975，开局娶了俏寡妇 Shen Zhi was an elite special forces soldier. He sacrificed himself to save his comrades, and when he awoke, he found himself in a woman's bed. She was a young, beautiful widow with a pair of fraternal twins from her previous marriage... He also met Liu Xiaocui, free-spirited and uninhibited; Xiaoxiao, refined and gracious; and Qian Yao, bold and fiery... He opened a black market, worked as a middleman and translator, entered politics, took down local tyrants, and turned the tables on black-mark 3.1kReads8.7Score230Shelves
- 43 1978: From the Start, I'm Making the Educated Youth School Beauty a Mom? 1978：开局让知青校花当妈？ (Already adapted into a motion comic, so enjoy without worry!) [One female lead] [Hunting] [Mountain foraging] [Gathering herbs] [Devoted husband] [No System] [No storage space] [Everyday life] Oh no! Lin Mo wakes up, and his world has fallen apart! A post-2000s young man, he dies and transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing nobody from 1978. From the start, he's got two big disadvantages: no father and no mother. And that's not even the worst part! Being an orphan is bad enough, bu 31.7kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
- 44 Reborn in Tianjin, 1997 重生津门1997 Look at me! Look at me! Look at me! No tired old tropes, no melodrama, and chapters already in the bank. See how Han Chao gets a second chance at life and protects everything around him. You say he has no money? No problem: open a Sony theater, fight crickets, and sell technology. You say that’s not fast enough? Then I’ll just have to unleash a big move! The plot is carefully researched, and many of the events are based on things that really happened to people around the author. Every word is ty 17.5kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves
- 45 Lin Hua's Fourth Book 林华的华的第4本书 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 From the Start, I Got Divorced and Became Shanghai’s Biggest Tycoon! 开局离婚，我成沪上巨鳄！ [Reborn, feel-good story, get rich, investing, take off, no saintly heroine, popular with women] Lin Chuan froze to death beneath a bridge in 2023. He never imagined he’d be reborn on May 18, 2000, the day that changed his family’s fate. In his previous life, his wife Liu Mei and childhood friend Zhang Lei got him drunk and tricked him into signing over the machine factory his father had run his whole life. They sold it for just 100,000 yuan. Later, the Zhang family made 80 million yuan from the 34.8kReads8.4Score2.2kShelves
- 47 Reborn in 1979: Ex-Wife, Please Behave Yourself 重生1979：前妻请自重 {Traditional period setting} + {a vivid portrayal of society before the crackdown} + {the darkness of human nature}... Pei Jichang is reborn in 1979, but into the body of a poor peasant who happens to have the same name. That year, his beloved gets into university, his father-in-law is exonerated and promoted, and everyone in the village envies him. The Pei family is finally going to live well. But then... His beloved turns on him and demands a divorce, swearing to report to the brigade that Pei 4.2kReads8.6Score330Shelves
- 48 From the Start, I Interview Boss Yang and Lock the Door Behind Us 开局面试杨老板，我直接反锁房门 [No System] + [Cao Wei] + [Mindless wish fulfillment, just enjoy the ride! If you don’t like brainless wish fulfillment, read at your own risk!] + [Lighthearted and funny] + [Reborn] + [Showbiz] + [Business] Su Yang is reborn in 2007 as a financial tycoon with assets worth hundreds of billions. With an industry crisis looming, Su Yang sells off all his assets and invests in showbiz, the internet, gaming, and real estate. Armed with memories from his previous life, he thrives in the entertainm 42Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 49 Reborn as a Thoroughly Ordinary Man 重生之我是大俗人 (No AI, entirely handwritten.) Before being reborn, Feng Yu was an ordinary vulgar man. After being reborn, Feng Yu was even more vulgar. Successful men wear watches. Mature men wear a “hand card.” Let the past blow away on the wind. In this life, Feng Yu was going to make money, get foot massages, enjoy a massage… and live it up for once! … Note: The book contains many unusual details, all drawn from the author’s personal experience or things they have seen firsthand. Just enjoy the story, and 60.5kReads8.2Score4kShelves
- 50 I Became Han Chunming in Zhengyang Gate 正阳门我成了韩春明 He wakes up as Han Chunming, a young intellectual who has just returned to the city in Under the Zhengyang Gate. In this tumultuous era, he starts out collecting scrap and rides the wave of reform to build an extraordinary life of his own. 4.3kReads8.2Score185Shelves
